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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 252145 SVRMKX WIC021-025-252230- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0128.050725T2145Z-050725T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 445 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LODI...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEFOREST...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DEFOREST AND WINDSOR AROUND 450 PM CDT... SUN PRAIRIE AROUND 500 PM CDT... COLUMBUS...FALL RIVER AND MARSHALL AROUND 515 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4345 8956 4322 8954 4313 8901 4344 8901 $$ HENTZ
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252149 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 449 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-025-252230- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050725T2230Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 449 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LODI...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE WISCONSIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ARLINGTON...MORRISONVILLE AND DEFOREST BY 455 PM CDT... OTSEGO BY 510 PM CDT... EAST BRISTOL BY 515 PM CDT... FALL RIVER BY 520 PM CDT... COLUMBUS BY 525 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4345 8956 4322 8954 4313 8901 4344 8901 $$ HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252159 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 459 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-025-252230- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050725T2230Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 459 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 454 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEFOREST...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES NORTH OF TOKEN CREEK BY 505 PM CDT... EAST BRISTOL AND OTSEGO BY 520 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF DOYLESTOWN BY 525 PM CDT... COLUMBUS AND FALL RIVER BY 530 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4345 8956 4322 8954 4313 8901 4344 8901 $$ HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252208 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 508 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-025-252230- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050725T2230Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 508 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 503 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF DEFOREST...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OTSEGO...EAST BRISTOL AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF DOYLESTOWN BY 520 PM CDT... COLUMBUS AND FALL RIVER BY 530 PM CDT... WEAK ROTATING WALL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4343 8942 4329 8941 4324 8901 4344 8901 $$ HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252215 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 514 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-025-252230- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050725T2230Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 514 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTSEGO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFOREST... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FALL RIVER BY 525 PM CDT... COLUMBUS BY 530 PM CDT... WEAKLY ROTATING WALL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4341 8933 4330 8934 4324 8901 4344 8901 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252227 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 527 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-025-252237- /O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050725T2230Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 527 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT... A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4341 8933 4330 8934 4324 8901 4344 8901 $$ GEHRING
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 245 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS IS ON CONVECTION TNGT...THEN ON QUIETER WX COMING IN TMRW. IN THE SHORT TERM...WMFNT IS LIFTING NWD THRU ERN IA...NOW NR OR JUST S OF DBQ. FNT THEN EXTDS SEWD TO NRN OR CNTRL IN. MCV FM ERLYR CNVTN IS SLIDING EWD ACRS SRN WI...HELPING GENERATE TSTORMS N OF FNT NR AND S OF MSN AND JVL. WMFNT SHUD CONTINUE TO LIFT UP THRU HERE TNGT AS PLAINS SFC LO APCHS AND LLJ POKES INTO RGN AHD OF IT. NAM GENERATED MOST OF THE QPF IN ADVN OF FNT OVR OUR CWA WHILE GFS IS FURTHER N. CRNT TRENDS FAVOR NAM AND WL BE FOLLOWED. SFC LOW STILL PROGGD TO TRACK ACRS CNTRL WI TNGT...THEN DRAG ASSOCD CDFNT ACRS OUR RGN AFTER IT PASSES. SO SECOND HALF OF ONE/TWO CNVTV PUNCH EXPECTED TO SWEEP THRU HERE ALG AND AHD OF FNT. STILL LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST ONE RESULT OF ALL THIS ACTVTY WL BE HVY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR PARTS OF CWA. WILL KEEP A MRNG POP ON TUE...BUT GFS/NAM TAKE FRONT PRETTY FAR SOUTH RATHER QUICKLY SO WL RESTRICT POPS LATER TUE TO SE CORNER. THINGS THEN DRY OUT WITH COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIRMASS TAKING HOLD. .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:36 AM CDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 436 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-261000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 436 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...BECOMING NUMEROUS TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ LMZ643>646-665-261000- NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE- SHEBOYGAN WI TO PORT WASHINGTON- WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- 436 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WISCONSIN NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...BECOMING NUMEROUS TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH A FEW WATER SPOUTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ DAVIS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:23 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 14 min |
| Jul 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.